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Along the Copper River in south-central Alaska exist tiny outposts and towns that are scattered along its banks. They are communities that have learned to both love and revere its presence. One of those very places was Tazlina, a tiny village of 421 people (1991).
Tazlina, the residents thought, was their own little slice of heaven. A remote community that believed they were beyond the reach of the violence they had heard so much about on the news at the dawn of the 21st century. But it would be the summer of 1991 that would change the town forever. One resident would say that they had all deluded themselves into believing that their isolation would protect them and that they really knew each other. But what would be revealed in the months-long investigation headed by the Alaska State Troopers was that evil can reach even the furthest corners of the world.
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Sources
Trading Post Location (picture of locations break down on instagram)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166611043/amanda_lynn-lemaire
https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/we-alaskans/2017/07/14/chitinas-charms/
https://cbn.com/article/tragedy/wake-tragedy-light-shines-through
https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2016/07/01/ministering-to-men-one-oar-stroke-at-a-time/
https://morbidology.com/the-controversial-case-of-mandy-lemaire/
https://www.dailycrime.com/mandy-lemaire-11-was-raped-and-murdered-but-suspect-never-faced-retrial-vanished-in-alaska/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/1059360920/?match=1&terms=Charlie%20Smithart&search-id=2ae9ae92-a58c-474c-9c44-620b395f254b&search-rank=1
Newspapers.com

In the fall of 2015 a secret would be unearthed that would bring the detectives of Monterey, CA back to another case they had worked on just about 33 years prior. 
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Sources:
https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/bph/parole-eligibility/
The Califorian, Aug. 20, 1983-2018 (18 articles)
https://www.countyofmonterey.gov/Home/Components/News/News/10894/1336
https://www.thecalifornian.com/story/news/2018/01/05/california-prisoner-admits-killing-seaside-woman-1982/1009554001/
Buried in the Backyard Seaon 1 Episode 6 Episode aired Jul 8, 2018
https://www.ksbw.com/article/man-who-murdered-women-on-monterey-peninsula-sentenced/16334275
https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/vacaville-prison-inmate-pleads-guilty-to-1982-monterey-bay-murder/

15 year old Elizabeth Ennen's parents wanted her to begin taking on more responsibility. For a teenager, babysitting seemed like the perfect place to start. On a cold January night in 2011, Elizabeth took a job watching two young children, but she never came home. She had done a wonderful job and was driven home but somewhere between the car and the safety of her home, Elizabeth seemingly vanished into the night. 
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https://www.newspapers.com/image/1294175442/?match=1&terms=Elizabeth%20Ennen&search-id=5264b395-a4e5-4f3b-923f-3ce85b0251d6&search-rank=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/1299893972/?match=1&terms=Elizabeth%20Ennen&search-id=5264b395-a4e5-4f3b-923f-3ce85b0251d6&search-rank=5
https://www.kcbd.com/story/13908033/suspect-in-elizabeth-ennen-case-has-violent-criminal-history
https://www.kcbd.com/story/13895997/police-release-new-information-in-the-case-of-missing-teenager
https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/ng/date/2011-01-24/segment/01
https://abcnews.com/US/missing-texas-girl-elizabeth-ennen-strangled-death-babysitting/story?id=12768898
Newspapers.com

During the Tuesday morning commute of January 8, 2008 motorist traveling a stretch of I-540 also known as the 'Raleigh Outer Loop' were shocked to find a body on the side of the road. The investigation that would follow would provide many suspects, all with motives that could have potentially led to the murder of 21 year old student Latrese Curtis. Join me as I tell John just what happened on the side of the highway that January night.
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Sources:
https://law.justia.com/cases/north-carolina/court-of-appeals/2011/10-1246-7.html
https://www.newspapers.com/image/659733657/?match=1&terms=latrese%20Curtis&search-id=522bb306-00f8-4ee4-9563-9950c38e1536&search-rank=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/652460220/?match=10&terms=latrese%20Curtis&search-id=522bb306-00f8-4ee4-9563-9950c38e1536&search-rank=3
https://dig.abclocal.go.com/wtvd/Curtis_Autopsy.pdf
https://abc11.com/archive/6071872/
https://abc11.com/archive/7035633/
https://abc11.com/archive/7042495/
https://abc11.com/archive/7023545/
https://abc11.com/archive/6115159/
https://abc11.com/archive/6161680/
https://www.wral.com/archive/2387389/
https://www.wral.com/archive/2931791/
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/newsobserver/name/latrese-curtis-obituary?id=13545043
https://legalclarity.org/latrese-curtis-murder-case-investigation-and-trial/

When Jessica Carpenter was found murdered in her home on August 4, 2000 investigators searched for answers in what proved to be a very complicated case. As they did, rumors spread throughout the neighborhood, suspicions reached the people closest to the victim, and every lead seemed to raise more questions than it answered. The truth remained hidden behind an ordinary summer day and a series of moments that, at first glance, appeared completely unremarkable. What began as the murder of a 17-year-old girl would grow into a years-long mystery—one that challenged investigators, tested a grieving family, and proved that sometimes the most devastating crimes begin with something so routine that no one gives it a second thought.
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Sources:
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-greenville-news-rivera-is-sentenced/41199209/
https://nationalregister.sc.gov/SurveyReports/HC02001.pdf?
https://www.sccourts.org/media/opinions/HTMLFiles/COA/4124.htm?
https://www.hatcherfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Ms-Chrisilee-Lena-Barton?obId=46374611
https://thecinemaholic.com/jessica-carpenter-murder/
https://www.wistv.com/story/917771/8-30-2002-south-carolina-officers-make-first-arrest-thanks-to-dna-database/
https://www.sccourts.org/media/opinions/advSheets/no242006.pdf
“Cold Blood” Home All Alone (TV Episode 2011)
https://www.lockhaven.com/uncategorized/2020/08/murder-life-of-south-carolina-teen-remembered-20-years-on/
https://theaugustapress.com/chrisilee-barton-the-woman-who-survived-a-serial-killer-dies-after-battle-with-cancer/
https://law.justia.com/cases/georgia/supreme-court/2007/s07p0151-1.html
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-tiffaney-sheree/41199055/